Woman allegedly kicks doctor in face after being arrested

Published 12:00 am, Monday, April 1, 2013

NEW HAVEN -- A woman allegedly kicked a doctor in the face after she was brought to the hospital following her arrest, police said.

Officers responded to a report of an assault on Saturday on Dwight Street. They found three women pinning another woman to the hood of a car. The women in the group said the other woman punched one of them, according to police.

Officers brought the woman, Raynaita Smith, to Yale-New Haven Hospital to be evaluated. A doctor asked if she was experiencing any physical pain. She said she was and when the doctor asked where she said "here," and kicked the doctor in the face, according to police.

Smith was "medically cleared" and taken to the detention center at police headquarters. Her charges included breach of peace, interring with a police investigation and assaulting a medical professional who is in the course of their duty.